Whoa, I am totally side-blinded by this news! What can I say, this was one of my very first challenges I entered when I started my blog, and I will miss it tremendously. I appreciate all your hard work and fun challenges along the way. Best wishes to all of you as you pursue future endeavors...it has been a pleasure hanging out in the Play Date Cafe with you!

I am sad to see this, but I do understand how some good things do have to come to an end! Thank you for this super wonderful challenge blog, Julie and Sarah, and all the past/current DT! Wish everyone in this DT the best in your future endeavor! You will be missed!

So sorry and sad to hear this Julie. But so glad to hear that you are moving forward on a positive note, no doubt to other opportunities. Thank you for the time and opportunity The Play Date Cafe gave me as a designer and craft-a-holic. Wishing you all the very best Julie for more wonderful times ahead. Fiona xx

How sad to read this post - even though I haven't joined in with you for a long time I have watched each week for the new colours. It has been a wonderful adventure and I wish you all the luck for whatever your next adventure is!! Thanks for 192 fun challenges!.

I found out about your challenges not that long ago and loved to join them as much as I could.. I am sad to hear this was the last challenge.. I am going to miss it!!! Thank you for the great challenges!!!

This is sad news Julie but to grow you have to keep moving forward. I am very glad to have "met" you through the PDC and enjoy our online friendship. I'm sure you'll be having some new wonderful things you'll be up to and we can follow.

I'm so sad to read this - Play Date was my very first challenge too and your color story is something that I look forward to each and every week. Best of luck to you all and thanks for everything! You have awakened a creative bug in me that will never be squashed!

Ohhhh nooo you make me feel very sad one of my favorite challengeblogs comes to an end. I have played on a regular base and always enjoyed it very much caan only say thank you for the insipration and bringing my work on a higher level. I'm sure I'm gonna miss it always looking out for the next colorscheme but well there is a time of coming and a time of going. I wish you all the best,sniff.

I know how hard that was for you to both do and write! It is sad to see the challenge end. I made new friends and enjoyed the creative push the challenges gave me. But there is a time for everything, and sadly, this was the time for the cafe to close x x

What a shock! So very sad to see the end of this challenge - one of my favourites! I've always enjoyed checking out the colours you've picked - sad to have missed the last challenge - it was a dozy!! Good luck to you all in your future projects!

So sad to see one of my favorite challenge blogs come to an end. I may not have played along every week, but I did come and visit to see what fab color combo was up for the week. You and your DT have been awesome inspiration to so many of us over the last few years......THANKS SO MUCH. I would like to wish you all good luck in your future paths.

so sad to read that you are closing up. I have had fun with your color palettes over the past year. In fact, I did the last one and missed getting it posted on time. But, if anyone wants to check it out it may be seen on my blog here: http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com/2013/08/happy-august.html

Wishing you all the best, so sorry to see the Cafe close. You hold a very special place in my heart. I received my first challenge award right here. Thank you for many many many fabulous color stories and loads of inspiration from your past and present DTs. Blessings friends ;)

Whoaa...never saw that coming. Like Lisa, I received my first challenge award here. I'll miss hanging out in the cafe! Thank you so much for the fun colors combos, the many inspirations and the encouragements! Best of luck to everyone. Sniff.

Oh, my goodness! I didn't have the opportunity to participate in every challenge, but I thoroughly enjoyed all the ones I entered. May you continue to find joy and success in everything that you undertake.

Your challenges will be missed!!! Play Date Cafe had some of the best colour combos out there! I didn't get to play as often as I would have like (or sometimes didn't play fast enough to have time to enter my card in the Linky before it closed), but I did save all of your combos for inspiration and referred to past challenges when I needed inspiration, which I will keep on doing. Thanks for everyone's amazing work and for lasting all the way up to challenge #192 - now, that's impressive!

It was a total shock this morning when I popped over to see what the new challenge would be. To hear that a very popular and thriving blog is closing is so sad. There have been many that have closed over the past two years but I did not think yours would follow. I am glad though to hear you will be involved in other quests and hope you will be happy in what you do.

wow! I def. did not see this coming. This was one of my favorite challenges to play along with, and when there were big things to come I didn't think it meant this challenge was over. Def. bummed, but wish you the best!

So sad you've decided to close, but I realise it must be a huge commitment to run a challenge blog. My first ever challenge/blogpost was PDCC132 which was a splash of colour, and my last PDCC post was a splash of colour. I've thoroughly enjoyed your challenges, and wish you all the best.

Though I never participated in your challenges, I included them on my Pinterest board for challenges, and I would use them as inspiration for my future projects. Your blog has been a breathe of freshness and the designers work all inspiring. You will be sorely missed! Wishing you much happiness and for you to enjoy the new endeavors that just around the corner.

What a shock, and very sad. Like Jax, PDCC was the first challenge I entered, and I even had some honorable mentions. Best of all, though, was that you let me be part of your team (my first!), and you and the rest of the team helped me through a rough time in my life. I think back on my term with fond memories. Thank you for that. Life sure has a way of keepin' on, and change is part of it. My best to you and the team in all your future crafty endeavors. I always enjoy seeing what you are up to through FB. Biggest of hugs to you, Julie!

What a shock, and very sad. Like Jax, PDCC was the first challenge I entered, and I even had some honorable mentions. Best of all, though, was that you let me be part of your team (my first!), and you and the rest of the team helped me through a rough time in my life. I think back on my term with fond memories. Thank you for that. Life sure has a way of keepin' on, and change is part of it. My best to you and the team in all your future crafty endeavors. I always enjoy seeing what you are up to through FB. Biggest of hugs to you, Julie!

Wow!! I will miss the FUN I had with the challenges and the inspiration that was shared!! Will you be posting the last set of winners though for the last Splash challenge!!?? THANKS and BEST of Luck to you in your future endeavors!!

I will miss your challenges and inspiration. They were a guide to me as I first started blogging. I will have fond memories. May God bless you all as you move on to the next endeavors life brings your way.

Julie, I had a personal tradegy so I am just now seeing this. I wanted to take the time to tell you how much I LOVE the PDCC and how it helped me grow personally as a card maker. Your colors inspired me week after week and I learned so much not only from your FAB designers but other players as well. It was always a FUN place to play. I met some FAB blog friends along the way. PDCC will be missed and so will YOU! THX so much for putting your heart and soul into this color challenge! Good Luck in your next chapter.

Well, I wasn't expecting that! I just popped in for a little inspiration to find this news...yes, my crafting has been somewhat sporadic of late! Like many others here, PDCC was one of the first challenges I entered as a newbie blogger and whenever I had the opportunity, I would stop by every Thursday to check out the latest challenge. I can honestly say that this blog has challenges and stretched me to use combinations of colours that I wouldn't have thought of myself and I shall miss it, especially the colour splash challenge!

I wish you all the best for the future and look forward to seeing you and all the DT around in blogland, I'm sure our paths will cross again ;)

Thanks for all the enjoyment you have brought to so many of us - you're all stars ;)

This took me by surprise as I clicked in to see the latest challenge! Thank you for loads of fun! You ran a lovely challenge blog, Julie, and the teams have been phenomenal! I wish you all the best with your future plans!! xxoo Darnell

I'm so sad to see this...PDCC is the first challenge I came across when I start card making. And I love to come often for inspirations. I am still hoping one day I will be the cup of the day! Guess it will not happen then...

Anyway, thank you for hosting all wonderful challenges and best wishes in your future plans. HUGS :)

I'm so sad to find this announcement, Julie! Though I haven't had the time to play lately PDCC has always had a special place in my heart. I think it was one of the first challenges I played in, too, and I ALWAYS loved your Splash of Color challenges. This was always an uplifting positive place, and your blog will sorely be missed. Best wishes for what the future holds for you, Julie!

I have been extremely busy during the summer and was not playing stamping at all. It is a shock to me and I could not believe what has happened! PDCC has served as a great inspiraton source of color palettes to me. I sure will miss all the talented designers here. Wish you all the best. Helen

Wow! I am very shocked and sad to hear that PDCC is ending! It was my very first challenge that I entered! I was always inspired with lovely wonderful creations by the design team! Wishing you great success in your future endeavors, take care!

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